Social Epistemology and Epistemic Responsibility

This conference aims to provide a dynamic forum for the discussion and development of first class research in social epistemology and epistemic responsibility. This event offers a unique opportunity for specialists and graduate researchers to come together in an exciting exchange of ideas about contemporary and cutting-edge issues in the field.

Programme

Thursday 24th May  

9.00 – 9.15 Coffee/tea and registration  

9.15 – 9.20 Introduction  

9.20 – 10.50 Clayton Littlejohn (KCL) The Unity of Reason

Chair: Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (UNC-CH)   

10.50 – 11.00 Break  

11.00 – 12.15 Nate Sharadin (UNC-CH) A Defense of Permissivism

Commentator: Corine Besson (Birkbeck)

Chair: Lucy O’Brien (UCL)  

12.15 – 1.15Lunch (own arrangements)  

1.15 – 2.45 Kai Spiekermann (LSE) The Precautionary Principle Reconceptualized 

Chair: Eleanor Knox (KCL)  

2.45 – 3.00Coffee/tea  

3.00 – 4.15 Leandro De Brasi (KCL) Reliability, Responsibility and Anti-Individualism 

Commentator: Matthew Kotzen (UNC-CH)

Chair: Conor McHugh (Southampton)  

4.15 – 4.30Coffee/tea  

4.30 – 6.00 Duncan Pritchard (University of Edinburgh), Anti-Luck Virtue Epistemology

Chair: Maria Rosa Antognazza (KCL)  

Friday 25th May  

10.00 – 11.30 Elizabeth Fricker (Oxford University) Intellectual trust in oneself, and in others - a mandate from analogy?

Chair: Mauricio Suárez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid/LSE)  

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee/tea  

11.45 – 1.00 Helena Drage (KCL) The effect of epistemic injustice on political participation

Commentator: Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick)

Chair: Andrea Sangiovanni (KCL)  

1.00 – 2.15Lunch (own arrangements)  

2.15 – 3.30 Kate Nolfi (UNC-CH) Reevaluating Wedgwood's Argument for Normativism about the Nature of Belief

Commentator: Ralph Wedgwood (University of Southern California)

Chair: John Callanan (KCL)  

3.30 – 3.45Coffee/tea  

3.45 – 5.15 Paul Faulkner (University of Sheffield) A Virtue Theory of Testimony (TBC)

Chair: Guy Longworth (University of Warwick)  

5.15 – 5.30Coffee/tea  

5.30 – 7.00 Ram Neta (UNC-CH) The Epistemic 'Ought'

Chair: David Papineau (KCL)  

7.00 – 7.10 Close  

7.30 Wine reception - Department of Philosophy, KCL   

Attendance is free of charge. We are currently at capacity and are operating a waiting list. If you would like to register for the waiting list please email [email protected] with your name and affiliation.  

Generously sponsored by King’s College London, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC-King’s Alliance.  

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